Packet container



Filed Dec. 2, 1926 l2 Sheets-Sheet 1y ATTORNEY JulyA 26, 1927.

E. J. READING PACKET CONTAINER A:e sheets-shewh z Filed Dec 2, 1926 blank than the other; a

Patented July 26, 1927.

EDWARD J. READING, OF IATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

PACKET CONTAINER. l

Application filed December 2, 1926. Serial No. 152,075.

Many women who smoke cigarettes have a hesitancy about displaying the ordinary cigarette package in certain public places, and mostwomen would prefer to substitute for the display of the trade mark and the like rwhich the ordinary cigarette packagey carries a wrapping which in structure and general character would be more in keeping with feminine taste. lVith the object of providing, therefore, a case into which a package of cigrettes may be slipped and thus concealed w ich will be attractive in respect both to its appearance and to the manner in which it is operated for access to the cigarettes or for removal ofthe empty package and introduction of a fresh one I have devised the present invention.

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Figs. l and 2 are, respectively, perspective rear and front views of one form of the oase and contained package, respectively showing the case open and closed;

Figs. 3 and 4L are sectional views on lines 3 3 and l--h respectively of Figs. l and 2, the package being shown in side elevation, partly broken away, and a certain strap in broken lines, in Fig. 4;

Figs. 5 and 6 show the blank from which the case is made, Fig. 6 illustrating particularly how the flap thereof is folded;

Fig. 7 shows the blanks from which a modified form of the case is made;

Figs. 8 and 9, are, respectively, a front and side elevation, each partly broken away, of this form of the case, with the package therein; and

Fig. 1() is a horizontal sectional view on line 10-10, of such form and contained package.

`Wherever the cigarettes appear in the drawings they are designated l and the package or wrapper therefor 2.

Describing, first, the form of case shown in Figs. l to 6: 3 is a rectangular velongated blank of sheet material. It is to be folded to produce a hollow rectangular body open at one end and for this purpose its folds will be as follows: Two'longitudinal folds 3a parallel with and near its longitudinal edges; two transverse folds 3b spaced about the same as the cigarette package is thick and arranged somewhat nearer one end' of the transverse fold 3 which is to intervene between the body of the case and its flap; end transverse folds 3d, 3"; and short oblique folds 3f reaching "that inthe sliding of the latter they from its longitudinal edgesto the junctureV of folds 3, 3b. The rectangle bounded by the two folds 3a and thextwo 3b will form the bottom I orfclosed end of the package when the portions to right and left thereof in Fig. 5 are folded upward on lines 3" to form the two broad sides II of the case; and, with the folding on the lines 3a 3? of the margins so that the portions thereof which respectively flank I and II are perpendicu- Vlar thereto, and also a tucking in ofthe small triangles at Ia, a case will exist having its narrow sides III each comprising overlapping portions as shown; and these may be secured together to complete the body by gluing, stitching, etc; (not shown). It is desirable to stiifen both extremities of the blank (especially the one which is to form the mentioned Hap) for which purpose said extremities are folded over on lines 3 3e and preferably cemented down. That end portion of the blank where this latter folding is done on line 3d forms said flap, IV, and this is made as wide only as the adjoining side II of the case and further stiffened by cutting on lines 3g outlying portions ony lines 3? and cementing them down. Generally the blank will be formed of some pliable sheet material, as silk fabric, leather, a ydecorated or other special and attractive form of paper etc.; and one purpose in stiffening the iiap IV is to reinforce it and prevent its corners becoming dogeared or curled up in handling. I preferably provide, in combination with the case, a strap which encompasses it in a manner to embrace its two ends and which is and folding over the en l slidable around the case and has the flap IV connecte-d therewith. This stra 4 1s in Figs. l and 2 a flat ban-d (as a r1bbon)'hav ing a decorative knot 4a tied therein, the band being passed through a hole 5 in the stifened edge of the flap which may be sulficiently smaller than the band is wide so thatv constricting of the band thereby is sufficient to afford such a grip of the flap on the band move together. The strap is shown in Fig. 1 slid around to a position where it has shifted the flap to open position; in Fig. 2, thestrap is slid around to where it has shifted the iap to closed position. In order to facilitate removal of the empty package 2 and replacement of a filled one without interrupting the continuity of the strap, the strap may be elastic, enabling it to be slipped entirely out of its normal position, obstructing the entrance end of the package.

Figs. 7-10: Here the case is formed by two `elongated blanks, 6 and 7 one as wide as the package 2 is Wide and the other as wide as the package is thick. The ends of each may be folded over and cemented down to stiften them, as at 6a, 6b, 7a, 71. One trav'- erses the other at right angles to form the bottom I of the case. Then their projecting portions are bent up into perpendicular relation to the bottom to form the broad sides II and narrow sides III of the case. Then these portions are stitched together, as at 8, at their meeting edges, leaving a iap IV substantially the same as already described. And to this flap, embracing the case, is secured in any manner as by passing it through a holev9 inthe flap and tying a knot7 a strap 10. This strap is in this example shown as a cord7 which of course may be of any fancy v pattern. f

The stitening of the flap in each of the forms is designed not only to prevent dogeari-ng or curling in handling but so as to leave a substantially rectangular panel (3X in the first form and 6X in the second) whichextends clear across and atthe end of the iiap and Which will preserve'said end eX- tended and hold it in deiinite shape notwith standing the pullexerted by the endless strap when the 'flap is thereby shiftedy to open or closed position.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A rectangular case adapted to receive a package of cigarettes and formedof fleX ible material and with a bottom and an open end opposite thereto and two broad and two narrow sides 'upstanding from said bottom '1 'and a flap projecting from one broad side nation with an endless strap embracing'the case in a plane to traverse itsbottom and said end and said broad sides and shiftable around the case and attached to the panel of said flap.

In testimony whereof I atliX my signa-v ture.`

Y EDWARDV J. READING. 

